It's M A R C H ! ! !

It's time for the annual SHAMROCK SHAKE!

After work, pat was a hungry hippo, and i was wanting a shamrock shake since it's march! so we went to McDonald's and pat ordered 3 sammiches!

ENGAGED (the story)

On December 16th, Pat and Emma got engaged. Here is the story, written as if on the day it happened. :)

so on thursday night, while pat and i were eating, he said "you know when you are so excited about something that you just wanna tell someone but you can't?! That's how i feel right now!" So at that time, i wondered....hmmm i wonder if the ring is ready already....hmmm! then later on, when he was leaving, he gave me a hug and said "wear something cute tomorrow! and wear some perfume, and i'll steal some of billy's cologne!" so then i couldn't fall asleep that night because that was such a weird request! and i didn't want to get my hopes up but i thought maybe he'll propose tomorrow before i go home! a;lsdkfj;alksdjf! so the next day (today) i dressed all cute for my religion finals. and then i picked up pat from his house and we went to the arch house basement (now clean!) oh i forgot to say that before i went to finals, i called mom koide. i wasn't going to ask but i couldn't take the suspense anymore. so i asked her if pat had talked to roger. and she said no... not that i know of! so then she emailed dad and he said that pat had not contacted him yet. so i was kinda sad. but i felt ok because at least now my hopes wouldn't be crushed if he didn't propose by the end of the night. so then i was packing, and i wanted to be comfy. so i put on my usual apparel (sweatpants and my favorite BYU crew neck sweatshirt). Then pat came home from work, and helped me finish pack. Then Dan (Pat's brother) called on the phone. He asked if Pat and I wanted to meet him and PJ and the babies on temple square to see the lights. Pat and I had already been last week, so i didn't reallyyyyy wanna go again, but i said ok. I guessss I should put regular pants on though. So when we got to temple square, we walked around to where dan and fam were supposed to be. then pat led me up to this little secluded place with trees and benches and stuff. "hey whats up here? i've never been up here before..." i'm thinking "ummm i thought we were looking for dan and pj..." ANYWAYS... we walked to a bench, and pat said "i wrote you something!" he wrote me a poem! It was the best poem ever. Then he said "oh i have something else!" *pulls out the letter from the temple* me: "ohhh yayyy the letter!" (i have my own...) and then...... Pat got down on one knee, and pulled out the box, and said "Emma, will you marry me?" I don't really remember doing anything except squealing and hugging pat. But pat said i said "yeah". Oh, and Dan and PJ weren't even on temple square. sneaky pat!

YAY! ITS OFFICIAL! I squealed and smiled and squealed so much that now my throat hurts in a different way besides my tonsillitis!

tomorrow i am flying home to PA. i think i will probably look at my left hand the entire flight home.

I love you Pat Matheson! SO MUCH! Pat is good with words. I am not. I can't really express how happy/excited/in love i am right now. Just know that I am.

I am thankful for God's creations. {and other stuff too}

Last week was Thanksgiving break. On Wednesday morning we woke up really early. We got a dozen bagels at Einsteins on Center Street. Then we met up with the other Matheson's in front of the old tabernacle. Emma Matheson switched to riding in big red with Pat and I, and then we were off to Moab! I slept for a good amount of the ride, but when i was awake we listened to music and stuff. Claire was a trooper that day despite her swollen, sprained foot. We were so lucky that it was a nice day! Very sunny, and probably in the high 50's. Perfect for a November day. Pat was so nice to me! He carried my 4x5 (byu's) toyo AND heavy duty tripod the whole day! He even put a duffel bag strap onto the tripod so it would be more convenient to carry. Go Pat!

Shooting the first 4x5 of the day. After finally figuring out how to set up the toyo (it was my first time using it!) and after metering, focusing, checking and rechecking, I finally made the photograph. I turned to Emma and said "that's a lot of work for just one picture eh?" and she said "YOU ONLY TOOK ONE PICTURE?!" Haha I guess it does seem pretty outrageous to take 15 minutes to make one photograph, but hey- that's what i do!

I could write and write and write some more about this day, but I think it sufficeth to say that the combination of being outdoors all day + being with people i love + making photographs + sun made that day really good for my soul or something. I wish we could have been there for a longer time. It felt so good to climb around on rocks and get a little dirty.

Pat, Marcy, Claire, Emma, Emma

(YAY BIG ROCKS!)

There's Pat and me and Delicate Arch

After singing in Double Arch until the sun went down, we stopped in Moab, Utah for some delicious Wendy's. Hamburgers and sunburned cheeks- the perfect end to the best day.

Peter

This cute ball of fur belongs to Sami. He is sick from riding the plane here from Arizona. He is so sweet!

He was kinda stinky... so we gave him a bath.



What a good doggy!



Then we were tired.



So we took a nap.

this one is for you, jordan

HAHA

one sunday we went to pat's house for dinner. his mom made south african curry and naan. i ate a lot a lot. i had a food baby. i am not even doing this on purpose! ok, i am. it took a lot of effort, but i guess i am pretty good at it. i am truly donald's sister.

w o r k {sorry about the cell phone pictures}

this is the darkroom i work in!

there's my enlarger...and sink.




we go through a LOT of paper!